Thursday, October 29, 2009

Rita Ruivo / Jen Abrams

Velvet: it's not just for Elvis paintings. While there's a good variety of textile jewellery out there, velvet seems to be under-represented. Portugal's Rita Ruivo remedies that situation with her rings incorporating the lush fabric.

Above, a ring from her MNAA collection, in which copies of antique jewellery from Lisbon's National Museum of Ancient Art were printed onto fabric.

Bonus link: looking for a more casual fabric? New Jersey's Jen Abrams recycles both gold and vintage denim from the '60s, '70s and '80s to create her pieces. Jordache never looked so good.

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Linda Schailon / Åsa Lockner

Inventor Joseph Friedman was awarded U.S. patent #2,094,268 in September 1937. The business was incorporated in April 1939. Then came the war, delaying the first sale (to a hospital) until 1947. It's been a long time coming but the bendy straw has finally met its full potential in these colourful, whimsical rings by Italy's Linda Schailon.

Bonus link:Do you like the bendy? For more bent pieces, as well as a series of gorgeous art jewellery, see Swedish jeweller Åsa Lockner.

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Erin Colleen Williams / Daniel Proulx

Making science pretty: "Observation Ring" with magnifying glass.

Making science putrid: said ring with decorative petri dishes.

Check out Philadelphia's Erin Colleen Williams for interesting work in a style I like to think of as "turn-of-the-centry mad scientist." (Turn of the last century, that is  that expression got really confusing around the year 2001.)

Monday, October 19, 2009

Dina González Mascaró / Lisa Malmgren Åberg / Janamade

"Scrap heaps from a torn-down building" might not seem like an appealing description but it's a look that works in these artfully chaotic rings by Dina González Mascaró. Check out the Vancouver-based Argentinian jeweller on her freshly-launched website! (And if you're in Vancouver, visit her JewellerBau gallery at 2408 Main, right by where Aurora Bistro used to be.)

If it's chaos in colour you want  or maybe some sleek knobs of glass  check out Sweden's Lisa Malmgren Åberg.

By the way: I haven't posted on the weekend in a while but I did on Saturday  scroll down if you missed it.

Bonus link:This delicate open circle ring is by another Vancouver jeweller (and illustrator), Jana May of Janamade.

Saturday, October 17, 2009

Weekend Quickie: Raïssa Bump

Weekend quickie: yay! An artist I've long admired, San Francisco's Raïssa Bump, finally has her site up and running. Alas, I think these are the only rings, but the rest of her work is well worth a visit [spoiler warning] especially if you like colourful silk thread.

Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Amy Johnston / Vernissage

Is the whole more than the sum of its parts? What if its parts are pretty awesome on their own and what makes the whole awesome is that it can be broken down into three awesome parts and that the actual summation itself is a whole other kind of awesome that almost supersedes the resulting sum, which is still, if you will recall, awesome? To summarize: this is awesome.

And so is this. (You wear it with the crescent moon resting on your pinky!) All work above by Oregon's Amy Johnston.

Bonus link:If you prefer your birds in a more natural habitat, check out this bird nest ring by Italian jeweller Vernissage.

Friday, October 09, 2009

Noir Jewelry / Anjuna Bijoux / Ken & Dana Design

Let's span an even larger distance than yesterday with this two-finger suspension bridge ring  the Brooklyn Bridge, to be exact.

Above, more from New York's Leeora Catalan, who showcases her glam-punk aesthetic with Noir Jewelry.

For more urban jewellery, but tending more hip-hop than punk, check out Anjuna Bijoux of Paris. In addition to a bevy of graffiti rings, they have this four-finger village ring that spells "Anjuna" when viewed from above.

Bonus link: another graffiti ring from the "b-side" line by Ken & Dana Design. I mentioned the NYC duo's "bylu" line in July '05 but they now have a different website.

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